Draft:Womontown

Womontown was an intentional community in Kansas City, Missouri founded by and for lesbians. Womontown was most active from 1990-1995, with residents arriving from across the U. S. to live there. At its height, Womontown had 80 residents. [1]

In 2022, Kansas City PBS premiered a documentary produced by Sandy Woodson which focuses on oral histories of Womontown and its co-founders Andrea Nedelsky and Maryann Hopper. [2]

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historical marker: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=252022: 39° 4.603′ N, 94° 34.502′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Longfellow. It is at the intersection of Charlotte Street and East 27th Terrace, on the right when traveling south on Charlotte Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2729 Charlotte St, Kansas City MO 64109, United States of America. Touch for directions.


https://flatlandkc.org/gender/honoring-womontown-kansas-citys-intentional-lesbian-community/


Gay village

LGBTQ people

Second-wave feminism -- why did Womontown end?

connection to/reflection of the dynamics of the broader queer movement at the time

Alternative spellings of woman

Third-wave feminism

gentle art of swedish death cleaning episode:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/community.28042391.pdf

UMKC Gay & Lesbian Archives of Mid-America (GLAMA) collections:

https://finding-aids.library.umkc.edu/repositories/2/resources/835

https://finding-aids.library.umkc.edu/repositories/2/resources/833

https://finding-aids.library.umkc.edu/repositories/2/resources/814

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21&scioq=womontown&q=%22womyn+town%22+OR+%22woman+town%22+OR+%22womon+town%22+OR+%22womontown%22+kansas+city&btnG=

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/59581

What Sexuality Is This Place? Building a Framework for Evaluating Sexualized Space: The Case of Kansas City, Missouri

10.1111/j.1467-9906.2012.00618.x


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References

  1. ^ Bailey, Hannah (2022-03-08). "Womontown: How 12 city blocks in Kansas City became a radical enclave by and for women". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
  2. ^ "Womontown | Kansas City PBS Documentary". Kansas City PBS. Retrieved 2026-02-15.

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